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Friends, My dear countrymen,

you must have observed Baba Both, the age of 126 years and the
the listeners of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ will love to Sivanand ji in the recently held fitness of Baba Sivanand are the
know that the success of our small Padma Awards ceremony. Seeing subject of discussion in the country
entrepreneurs at the domestic level also the agility of the 126-year-old, today. I read many people’s
makes us proud. Today our small everyone must have been surprised comments on social media, that
entrepreneurs are playing a major just like I was…and I saw, before one Baba Sivanand is fitter than those
one-fourth his age. Indeed, the life of
partnership role in government could bat an eyelid, he started
Baba Sivananda is an inspiration for
procurement through Government bowing in the Nandi Mudra. I bowed a
all of us. I wish him a long life. He has
e-Market place i.e. GeM. A much number of times and offered
a passion for yoga and leads a very
transparent system has been developed Pranaam to Baba Sivanand ji.
healthy lifestyle.
through technology. During the last one
year through the GeM portal, the
जीवेम शरदः शतम्।
government has purchased items worth
more than one lakh crore rupees. Close
to 1.25 lakh small entrepreneurs, small
shopkeepers from every corner of the
country have sold their goods directly to
the government. There was a time when
only big companies could sell goods to
the government. However, the country is
changing now; the old systems are also
changing. Now even the smallest of
shopkeepers can sell one’s goods to the
government on the GeM Portal – this is
the New India. She not only dreams big,
but also shows the courage to reach
that goal, where no one has reached
before. On the basis of this very
courage, all of us Indians together will
definitely fulfill the dream of an
Aatmanirbhar Bharat, a self-reliant
India.
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